{"id":29643,"date":"2026-10-19T06:42:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T06:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilnex.io\/?p=29643"},"modified":"2026-10-19T06:48:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T06:48:46","slug":"ai-accounting-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bilnex.io\/en\/ai-accounting-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Could your company\u2019s accountant just be AI? K\u00e4tlin P\u00e4ll answers in Postimees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever copied last month\u2019s invoice in Excel at the end of the month and just changed the number? Many new entrepreneurs use the latest tools in their work, yet still create invoices the same way they did twenty years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Postimees\u2019 special project on business software, K\u00e4tlin P\u00e4ll, CEO of Finbite and Bilnex, took on a question many business owners have been wondering about: how much of your bookkeeping can you hand over to AI today? Here are a few thoughts from the interview that stuck with us the most. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/majandus.postimees.ee\/8565879\/kas-sinu-ou-raamatupidaja-voiks-vabalt-olla-ai\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/majandus.postimees.ee\/8565879\/kas-sinu-ou-raamatupidaja-voiks-vabalt-olla-ai\"><strong>Read the full interview in Postimees (in Estonian)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"arve-on-rohkem-kui-pdf\">An invoice is more than a PDF<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Invoicing feels like the dullest part of running a business: you create it, send it off and forget about it. But that\u2019s exactly where all your bookkeeping begins. A PDF invoice has to be entered into a system by hand later, and that time costs money, even if nobody ever records it as an expense. With ten invoices a month you barely notice it, but as your client list grows, so does the invisible manual work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"ai-v\u00f5tab-rutiini-aga-mitte-vastutust\">AI takes over the routine, but not the responsibility<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The good news is that much of the work around invoices can already be automated. For smaller companies, Bilnex can already enter invoices on its own and, for example, prepare the VAT return. Accountants aren\u2019t going anywhere. They simply spend their time advising business owners instead of entering data. There is one thing no software can take on, though, and that\u2019s responsibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"muutus-algab-arve-saajast\">Change starts with the receiver, not the sender<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The interview has another point that surprises many people. Plenty of e-invoices are already being sent in Estonia, yet only around 20,000 companies are set up to receive them. Once your company starts receiving e-invoices, you\u2019re also legally entitled to request them from your suppliers, and that\u2019s how the change moves down the chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"kas-raamatupidaja-v\u00f5iks-siis-vabalt-olla-ai\">So could a small company\u2019s accountant just be AI?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>K\u00e4tlin\u2019s answer is more nuanced than a simple yes or no. In the Postimees article, she also talks about why Latvia and Lithuania are behind Estonia in adopting e-invoicing, what the EU\u2019s 2030 rules mean for businesses and where Bilnex is heading next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ready to put Excel aside? Try Bilnex for free. Send and receive PDF invoices, e-invoices and Peppol invoices, let AI enter your purchase invoices and prepare your VAT return right in Bilnex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/majandus.postimees.ee\/8565879\/kas-sinu-ou-raamatupidaja-voiks-vabalt-olla-ai\">Read the full story in Postimees (in Estonian)<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/app.bilnex.io\/auth\/sign-up\">Sign-up with Bilnex<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kas oled kuu l\u00f5pus Excelis eelmist arvet kopeerinud ja ainult numbrit muutnud? Paljud alustavad ettev\u00f5tjad kasutavad oma t\u00f6\u00f6s uusimaid t\u00f6\u00f6riistu, aga arved teevad samamoodi nagu kaksk\u00fcmmend aastat tagasi. Postimehe \u00e4ritarkvara eriprojektis v\u00f5ttis Finbite&#8217;i ja Bilnexi tegevjuht K\u00e4tlin P\u00e4ll ette k\u00fcsimuse, mis paljudel ettev\u00f5tjatel m\u00f5ttes m\u00f5lgub: kui suure osa raamatupidamisest saab t\u00e4na tehisintellektile anda? Siin on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29644,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uudised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilnex.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilnex.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilnex.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilnex.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilnex.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29643"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bilnex.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29649,"href":"https:\/\/bilnex.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29643\/revisions\/29649"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilnex.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilnex.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilnex.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilnex.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}